Tales of a Sports Parent

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I write a lot about kids sports. Perhaps it is because we spend a lot of our non-work, waking hours with games, practices, clinics and all other manner of supporting our kids’ athletic endeavours. I am not complaining, I love… Continue Reading →

Twenty years ago I took a sales job and my boss told me I needed to learn how to play golf. He even went so far as to sponsor a golf membership at a local course (not a country club… Continue Reading →

It’s just a game. Sure, I’ve said it many times. When the boys get frustrated while playing the Wii. My oldest is notorious for showing his emotion when something goes wrong in a game. He gets frustrated and makes it… Continue Reading →

It seems my youngest has had more time to write recently than I have. Here is a paper I found in his school work. It made me laugh out loud. Conflicts The conflict between me and my brother is complicated… Continue Reading →

The boys have been watching dog shows. In particular, puppy shows. And with that, they are angling to get a dog- a topic we thought we had dispelled, at least for a while. So to challenge the hundreds of possibilities… Continue Reading →

This requires a little setup but it was funny. We were eating breakfast and my youngest ran to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of Gatorade. We asked that he share it with his brother and he agreed. His brother… Continue Reading →